Miss Havisham was an obvious reference point for designers Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig of the label Marchesa, a favorite on the red carpet (Chapman is married to movie mogul Harvey Weinstein).

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Sharing what trip afar or film project is next, attendees were given product demonstrations, gratis samples (whether a taste of Brugal Rum or Goose Island beer) and treated as if on the red carpet at the Kodak Theater, Hollywood, instead of just off sandy Long Beach and now in Greenwich Village, NYC.

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